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February 16, 2024
Disaster Studies: Exploring Intersectionalities in Disaster Discourse edited by Janki Andharia, Springer Nature, 2020; pp 462, €139.
January 12, 2024
Wet weather inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat. Read more at straitstimes.com.
January 12, 2024
Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country's east that's
November 15, 2023
A day after severe weather hit Queensland, heatwave conditions and thunderstorms are again set to test the state's...
November 1, 2023
On Monday, October 30, 2023, Jamaica experienced the strongest earthquake to occur on the island since the 1957 temblor that struck Montego Bay.
September 13, 2023
In Indonesia’s Riau province, ground-up approach helps prevent fire, restore ecosystems
August 30, 2023
As the Western Ghats crumble, landslides are burying entire villages. The state wants to move people to safety but is struggling to identify vulnerable spots.
August 28, 2023
Community-led research in Indonesia’s Riau Province focuses on fire prevention in peatlands as drier weather looms with the arrival of El Niño in 2023
August 18, 2023
Both countries are overlooking environmental issues while signing hydropower deals.
June 15, 2023
Here is a call for submissions for a volume edited by Camilla Stevens (Rutgers University) and Jon Rossini (UC-Davis) entitled The Coloniality of Catastrophe in Caribbean Theatre and Performance. The deadline to submit an abstract and short bio is July 15, 2023. This collection illuminates the interweaving of coloniality and catastrophe in the Caribbean and…